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  "summary": "The IMF’s Thematic and Country Funds are special vehicles that enable pulling of resources for providing a strategic and specialized capacity development work in key areas of IMF’s expertise, such as fiscal policy, data quality, debt management, financial stability, and anti-money laundering.",
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      "content": "- The IMF’s Thematic and Country Funds are special vehicles that enable pulling of resources for providing a strategic and specialized capacity development work in key areas of IMF’s expertise, such as fiscal policy, data quality, debt management, financial stability, and anti-money laundering.\n- The funds also mobilize donor engagement in case of countries with particular capacity development needs."
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      "content": "- Funds for Capacity Development\n- Capacity Development Thematic Funds\n- Partnerships for Capacity Development\n- IMF Capacity Development Thematic and Country Funds"
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      "content": "- Somalia Country Fund\n  - Purpose: Provides necessary capacity development to Somalia as the country strengthens its operating and technical capacity to make economic and financial institutions become more effective, transparent, and accountable.\n- Ukraine Capacity Development Fund\n  - Purpose: Scales up technical assistance and training in support of the Ukrainian government’s ambitious economic and financial reform agenda, aligned with reforms under Ukraine’s Extended Fund Facility-supported program."
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      "heading": "Thematic Funds and contributing partners",
      "content": "- Global Public Finance Partnership\n  - Partners: Belgium, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom\n- Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)\n  - Partners: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Kingdom\n- Debt Management Facility (DMF); joint with the World Bank\n  - Partners: African Development Bank, Austria, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States\n- Data for Decisions (D4D)\n  - Partners: China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland\n- Financial Sector Stability Fund (FSSF)\n  - Partners: China, Germany, Korea, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland"
    },
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      "heading": "Funds focused on particular countries (funds pulling resources to support particular countries)",
      "content": "- Somalia Country Fund\n  - Partners: Canada, European Union, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Kingdom\n- Ukraine Capacity Development Fund\n  - Partners: Canada, European Union, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovak Republic, Switzerland"
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